[Spice-devel] [Users] Server 2k8

[Vinzenz Feenstra]

On 04/23/2013 12:54 PM, David Jas(a wrote:
> Alon Levy pís(e v Út 23. 04. 2013 v 06:48 -0400:
>>> Ryan Wilkinson pís(e v Po 22. 04. 2013 v 14:43 -0600:
>>>> Sounds like I'm missing something. We're looking at using Windows
>>>> Server 2k8 as a workstation OS as the licensing seems to be more
>>>> reasonable for vdi.
>>> Ah, OK. Then it would be reasonable to add server systems as supported
>>> to driver metadata. Alon?
>> If the current driver works then hopefully it's just an ini file change. Can anyone open a bug for this please? (maybe there is one already, no idea..)
The Kernel of Win7 x64 and Win2k8 R2 x64 are supposed to be the same, 
therefore the drivers should work ;-)
> I've force-installed in in 2008 R2 in the past and it worked just fine.
> I'll open the bug.
>
> David
>
>>>>    That's why I'm concerned about video and mouse drivers - not getting
>>>> either of those when I install spice guest tools like I do with Win7
>>>> or XP.  Please advise.
>>> The tools installer should install virtio-serial driver and
>>> spice-vdagent ("RHEV Spice Agent" service) for you. If the service is in
>>> services.msc but it can not be started, you have a problem with
>>> virtio-serial driver.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 5:48 AM, David Jas(a <djasa at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>          Itamar Heim pís(e v So 20. 04. 2013 v 16:31 +0300:
>>>>          > On 04/20/2013 01:29 AM, Ryan Wilkinson wrote:
>>>>          > > Are spice guest tools that will work with Server 2k8
>>>>          available -
>>>>          > > especially video drivers?
>>>>          
>>>>          
>>>>          You can force-install qxl for win 7 64b if you wish to do so,
>>>>          but the
>>>>          question is - why do you need graphic driver on server
>>>>          windows? The
>>>>          spipce-vdagent should be all you need b/c it will give you
>>>>          local mouse.
>>>>          
>>>>          David
>>>>          
>>>>          > >
>>>>          > >
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